Dagger/Dagger: Spam into any time you have initiative and aren't revealed. Use your autoattack chain to fill in the gaps. Sword/Pistol: Use or to reach max stacks of then autoattack. Never interrupt your autoattack chain as the third hit does the most damage. Activate at the start of the fight for more damage.

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Perfect is an unofficial term used to describe items with the maximum possible stats, specifically:

• Weapons: Maximum damage and an attributerequirement of no more than 9.
  • In the case of a weapon that does not have an inscription slot (uninscribable or 'old school'), they must have an inherent modifier with the maximum value as well.
• Inherent bonuses: e.g. Energy +10 on a staff would be perfect, Energy +7 would not.
• Inscriptions: e.g. Don't Fear the Reaper causing Damage +20% (while Hexed).
• Weapon upgrades: e.g. an of Fortitude weapon upgrade adding +30 health.

Armor[edit]

The perfect armor rating values for each profession's basic armor are :

80 armor rating

• Warrior
• Paragon

70 armor rating

• Ranger
• Assassin
• Dervish

60 armor rating

• Monk
• Necromancer
• Mesmer
• Elementalist
• Ritualist

Weapons[edit]

The perfect stats for each class of weapon (unless noted, the figures represent damage range) are as follow :

Melee

Name	Perfect
Axe	6-28
Daggers	7-17
Hammer	19-35
Scythe	9-41
Sword	15-22

Ranged

Name	Perfect
Bow	15-28
Spear	14-27
Staff	11-22, HSR 20%, Energy +10
Wand	11-22

Off-hand

Name	Perfect
Focus item	Energy +12
Shield	16 armor rating

Perfect weapons generally require a rank of 9 or higher of the appropriate attribute to be considered perfect, with 9 being considered 'perfect' as a requirement. On very rare occasions the requirement can be 8 or as low as 7. However, such weapons will not output perfect damage with an attribute rank less than 9. See damage calculation for details.

Weapon upgrades[edit]

Weapon upgrades have a maximum value to their benefit.

See also: List of weapon upgrades.

Pre- and suffixes[edit]

Prefix

Name	Perfect
Furious	10%
Sundering	20%
Adept	20%
Defensive	5
Hale	30
Insightful	5
Swift	10%
Vampiric	5 (on Hammer, Bow, and Scythe) 3 (on Axe, Sword, Dagger, & Spear)
Zealous	1

Suffix

Name	Perfect
of Defense	5
of Shelter	7
of Warding	7
of Enchanting	20%
of Swiftness	10%
of Aptitude	20%
of Fortitude	30
of Devotion	45
of Endurance	45
of Valor	60
of <Attribute>	20%
of Mastery	20%
of Quickening	10%
of <Creature Type> slaying	20%
of Memory	20%

Inscriptions[edit]

Name	Perfect
'Strength and Honor'	15%
'Guided by Fate'	15%
'Dance with Death'	15%
'To the Pain!'	15%
'Brawn over Brains'	15%
'Too Much Information'	15%
'Vengeance is Mine'	20%
'Don't Fear the Reaper'	20%
'Don't Think Twice'	10%
'I Have the Power'	5
'Let the Memory Live Again'	10%
'Aptitude not Attitude'	20%
'Seize the Day'	15
'Hale and Hearty'	5
'Have Faith'	5
'Don't Call it a Comeback!'	7
'I am Sorrow'	7
'Serenity Now'	10%
'Forget Me Not'	20%
'Live for Today'	15
'Faith is My Shield'	5
'Ignorance is Bliss'	5
'Life is Pain'	5
'Man for All Seasons'	5
'Survival of the Fittest'	5

Name	Perfect
'Might Makes Right'	5
'Knowing is Half the Battle'	5
'Down But Not Out'	10
'Hail to the King'	5
'Be Just and Fear Not'	10
'Luck of the Draw'	20%
'Sheltered by Faith'	2
'Nothing to Fear'	3
'Run For Your Life!'	2
'Master of My Domain!'	20%
'Not the Face!'	10
'Leaf on the Wind'	10
'Like a Rolling Stone'	10
'Riders on the Storm'	10
'Sleep Now in the Fire'	10
'Through Thick and Thin'	10
'The Riddle of Steel'	10
'Swift as the Wind'	20%
'Fear Cuts Deeper'	20%
'Strength of Body'	20%
'Cast Out the Unclean'	20%
'Pure of Heart'	20%
'Soundness of Mind'	20%
'Only the Strong Survive'	20%

Weapons(edit)
Requirement • Swapping • Bonus
One-handed	Melee: Ranged:	Axe • Sword Spear • Wand
Two-handed	Melee: Ranged:	Daggers • Hammer • Scythe Bow • Staff
Off-hand only	Focus • Shield
Types	Caster • Martial
Upgrades	Bundles • Components • Inscriptions Rewards • Inherent modifiers • Perfect 20/20 • 40/20/20 • 40/40

'Off-hand' redirects here. For the Assassin attack skills, see Off-hand attack.

A weapon is a piece of equipment that can be equipped in a character's primary weapon or off-hand inventory slots. Weapons are visible in your character's hands when the player is outside of a town or outpost (for example in an explorable area or mission).

In Guild Wars, shields and focus items are considered weapons, although they are technically not armaments.

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Types[edit]

See also: Martial weapon, Caster weapon

Weapon type	One-handed	Two-handed
Martial weapons
Melee	Axe Sword	Daggers Hammer Scythe
Ranged	Spear	Bow
Spellcasting weapons
Ranged	Wand	Staff
Off-hand items
Off-hand	Focus item Shield

Melee weapon comparison[edit]

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Profession	Weapon	Hands	Damage range	Attack speed (seconds)	Standard damage type	Other properties
Axe	One	6-28	1.33	Slashing1
Hammer	Two	19-35	1.75	Blunt1
Sword	One	15-22	1.33	Slashing2
Daggers	Two	7-17	1.333	Piercing or Slashing4	2% double strike chance per rank of Dagger Mastery
Scythe	Two	9-41	1.50	Slashing	Hits up to 2 additional foes adjacent to target

¹ Some axes and hammers do piercing damage.

² The Jitte deals blunt damage.

³ Excluding double strikes.

⁴Daggers of Purity deal blunt damage.

Ranged weapon comparison[edit]

Profession	Weapon	Hands	Damage range1	Attack speed (seconds)	Range2	Flight time3 (seconds)	Arc size	Standard damage type	Other properties
Martial weapons
Flatbow	Two	15-28	2.0	1.35	0.88	High	Piercing
Hornbow	Two	15-28	2.7	1.20	0.59	Medium	Piercing	10% armor penetration
Longbow	Two	15-28	2.4	1.35	0.59	Medium	Piercing
Recurve Bow	Two	15-28	2.4	1.20	0.40	Low	Piercing
Shortbow	Two	15-28	2.0	1.00	0.59	Medium	Piercing
Spear	One	14-27	1.5	1.00	0.60	Medium4	Piercing
Spellcasting weapons
Staff	Two	11-22	1.75	1.20	0.56	Medium4	by attribute	+5...10 energy, 10...20% HSR, Extremely low critical hit rate
Wand	One	11-22	1.75	1.20	0.56	Medium4	by attribute	Extremely low critical hit rate

¹Projectile weapons inflict more damage when fired at lower foes and less damage when fired at higher foes.

²Range is approximate, and is measured in aggro circle / Danger Zone radii.

³Flight time is at shortbow range.

⁴Is slightly higher than the other medium arcs.

DPS comparison[edit]

See also: Damage per second

All values assume a level 20 attacker with an uncustomized white weapon, regular attack speed, no damage buffs, an armor rating 60 target, and that axe, sword and dagger attack speeds are exactly 1 1/3 seconds. All values are rounded to the nearest hundredth, .5 is rounded up.

Weapon type	Non-critical DPS Mean @Rank 12	Non-critical DPS Mean @Rank 16	Critical DPS Mean @Rank 12	Critical DPS Mean @Rank 16
Axe	12.75	14.66	29.70	34.15
Bow, Flat or Short	10.75	12.36	19.80	22.77
Bow, Horn 1	8.84	10.16	16.27	18.71
Bow, Long or Recurve	8.96	10.30	16.50	18.97
Daggers	11.34	13.87	22.72	27.79
Hammer	15.43	17.74	28.28	32.53
Scythe 2[verification requested]	14.29	16.43	33.13	38.10
Spear	13.67	15.72	25.46	29.27
Staff / Wand 3	9.43	9.43	17.78	17.78
Sword	13.88	15.96	23.33	26.83

1. Armor penetration produces better relative damage against heavily armored targets, see Hornbow for a more in-depth analysis.
2. Per target.
3. Staves and wands have an extremely low base critical hit rate; their damage scales with attacker level, not weapon attribute.

Notes[edit]

• Xun Rao's Quill is the only off-hand classified as Parrying dagger, but functions identically to a shield.
• Gwen's Broken Flute and Broken Flute can be equipped as an off-hand, but they have no stats of their own so it is impossible to tell whether they are considered as shield or focus.

See also[edit]

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki has an article on Weapon.

• Perfect (maxed weapons)
• PvP reward (weapon skins for PvP characters)

Weapons(edit)
Requirement • Swapping • Bonus
One-handed	Melee: Ranged:	Axe • Sword Spear • Wand
Two-handed	Melee: Ranged:	Daggers • Hammer • Scythe Bow • Staff
Off-hand only	Focus • Shield
Types	Caster • Martial
Upgrades	Bundles • Components • Inscriptions Rewards • Inherent modifiers • Perfect 20/20 • 40/20/20 • 40/40